Campaigns and Elections

Andrew Gillum Campaigns in Tallahassee

Progressives, Keep an Eye on These 10 Races Progressives, Keep an Eye on These 10 Races

From Andrew Gillum in Florida to marijuana legalization in North Dakota, wins in these elections would be game changers.

Oct 18, 2018 / The Nation

We Must Channel Our Fury Over Kavanaugh Before Election Day

We Must Channel Our Fury Over Kavanaugh Before Election Day We Must Channel Our Fury Over Kavanaugh Before Election Day

Our rage presents an opportunity, but we have to focus it.

Oct 17, 2018 / Mike Lux and Celinda Lake

Polling Station Sign

Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community

You can also stop the Trump administration from bullying immigrants for using crucial public programs and make phone calls to get out the vote for the midterms.

Oct 16, 2018 / NationAction

Barber-Theoharis-Poor-People's-Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’ The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’

The campaign wants to advance a new understanding of poverty as a traumatic experience inflicted by policy-makers.

Oct 16, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann

Elizabeth Warren speaking

So, Senator Warren: You’re Clearly Running for President So, Senator Warren: You’re Clearly Running for President

Here’s some unsolicited advice on becoming the foreign-policy leader America needs.

Oct 16, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Flooding in Paris

Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?

The distractions are relentless.

Oct 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Heidi Heitkamp roundtable

Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate? Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate?

The Supreme Court has allowed the state to erect unreasonable barriers to voting by Native Americans.

Oct 15, 2018 / John Nichols

Damn It, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama, Stop Rehabilitating George W. Bush!

Damn It, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama, Stop Rehabilitating George W. Bush! Damn It, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama, Stop Rehabilitating George W. Bush!

Biden’s decision to present Bush with a medal is more than just shameful.

Oct 15, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

Feinstein Behind a Door

Is Senator Dianne Feinstein Really Vulnerable This Fall? Is Senator Dianne Feinstein Really Vulnerable This Fall?

She’s the establishment favorite, but as Democratic challenger Kevin de León notes, “Americans are tired of the same old, same old.”

Oct 12, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump

Trump Has Made Republicans More Comfortable Expressing Their Sexism Out Loud Trump Has Made Republicans More Comfortable Expressing Their Sexism Out Loud

And the intense partisanship of this political moment is only making it worse.

Oct 12, 2018 / Joshua Holland

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